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suffocate
v 1: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello
smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated
herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the
floor" [synonym: {smother}, {asphyxiate}, {suffocate}]
2: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [synonym:
{suffocate}, {stifle}, {asphyxiate}, {choke}]
3: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating
--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
[synonym: {suffocate}, {choke}]
4: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His
job suffocated him" [synonym: {suffocate}, {choke}]
5: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
suffocated under the pillow" [synonym: {suffocate}, {stifle},
{asphyxiate}]
6: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot
and stuffy and we were suffocating"
7: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [synonym: {gag}, {choke},
{strangle}, {suffocate}]